Subject: Twin Peaks/Lynch's Work/etc. etc.
From: stevedal@tz.wimsey.bc.ca (Steve Dallas)
Date: 1991-07-22, 13:37
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

 I just joined this forum, and I'm pleased to see that the show garnered 
enough enthusiasts to have them joined together like this in a forum.
 
 Somebody above posed the question of whether or not this newsfeed should 
continue to exist, and even though I've just arrived here, it would seem 
like a difficult question to answer.
 As a film student attending the University of British Columbia, I enjoyed 
the atmosphere created by Lynch and Frost, and I consider Lynch to be one of 
the few geniuses the U.S. has ever produced. His film work is always 
excellent, and I would like to see this forum focus more on Lynch's 
continuing work rather than re-hashing a show that we all saw and quoting 
our favorite scenes from it. The show is over, and we have our VHS memories 
above our TV shelf to behold, not meandering about like a bunch of trekkie's 
telling each other to have some "Damn fine coffee" or something.
 
 This is not to say that if you like Twin Peaks, you'll like everything that 
Lynch or Frost might undertake. Certainly not. But as a film student I would 
like to relate to Lynch's work with film, his paintings, or even his 
cartoon "The world's Angriest Dog" with others who have the same interest.
 
 Anyway, I can see perhaps some sort of name change to the forum might be 
appropriate like Alt.rec.Lynch or something like that. So that those who 
would like to continue speaking to other users about Twin Peaks can do so, 
and those who would like to talk about Eraserhead could do the same.
 
 Anyway, there is plenty to take into consideration I guess in dropping a 
newsfeed, so its up to those who have been here longer that I.
 
 Regarding the "red room" incident in Twin Peaks which a lot of people 
couldn't figure out, take a look at the black and white zigzag floor. The 
same floor can be found in the apartment bulding in Eraserhead.
 The actual CD of the soundtrack to Wild at Heart has a hole designed on the 
front, in the same shape as a puddle that the character of Henry steps into 
in Eraserhead.
 
 Lynch's approach to symbolism is extremely interesting. To quote himself, 
"I don't know why people expect art to make sense, when they all agree that 
life doesn't make sense."
 Which is not to say I guess that Lynch throws something up on the screen 
for no given purpose at all, but it can occur.